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A. P. MARTENS.

PADLOOK.

Pat ented Feb. 26, 1884.

jy 4M UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

AUGUST FRIEDRICH MARTENS, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

PADLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,058, dated February 26, 1884.

Application filed September 27f 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST FRIEDRICH MARTENs, a subject of the Emperor of Geris to be suspended. I attain these objects by view after removing the cover and the sliding the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front View, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, of the lock. Fig. 3 is a front view after removing the cover, and Fig. 4 is a front plate. Fig.5 is a sectional side elevation of the lock, and Fig. 6 a front view of the button fastened to the piece of clothing. Fig. 7 is a detailed view of the sliding plate.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. The cover 8 of the lock, as well as the sliding plate 6, is provided with holes I) of the diameter of the button a, which is'fastened to the garment instead of the usual loop. The plate 6 is attached to the sliding rod d, which is connected by the tensionspring f with the shell of the lock. The spring-tumblers csimilar to those in a Ohubb safety-lock-engage into the teeth of the rod d when they are not withdrawn by the key. The perforation I) of the plate e is prolonged to the border of 6, but this prolongation b is narrower than the diameter of the perforation b. The upper part of the shell forms a hook, 9, serving to hang the lock on a suitable nail or dress-hook. 7c is the key-hole. After introducing the button a into the look through the two perforations I) placed one above the other, the rod 01 is raised until the upper border of the plate 6 being removed from the lock.

touches the hook or nail from which the overcoat or other article of wearing-apparel to which the button is attached is suspended through the medium of the padlock or otherwise. Thereby the perforation b is closed partly, the slit 1) being narrower than b, and thus the button a is held and prevented from When the key disengages the tumblers c from the teeth of the rod d, the latter is drawn downward by the spring f, and so the perforationsb are brought in their normal position-one above the otherwhen the button can be removed fromthe padlock and the latter can be taken from the nail or hook.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim, and secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a safety-lock for securing overcoats and other articles of wearing-apparel, the combination of a shell provided with a perforation to receive a button, and a hook, g, with a sliding plate, 6, having perforation b and slit 1), and a locking mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a safety-lock for securing overcoats and other articles of wearing-apparel, the combination, with a shell having a perforation to receive a button, of a sliding plate, e, provided with hole and slit, as shown, spring f, and a locking mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a safety-lock for securing overcoats and other articles of wearingapparel, the combination, with a shell having hook g and perforation to receive a button, of a sliding plate,

6, provided with hole and slit, as shown, a toothed rod, (1, and locking mechanism engaging with it, and spring f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 20th day of August, 1883.

AUGUST FRIEDRICH MARTENS.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER SPEoH'r, EMIL HAASE. 

